Mueller’s account of Trump’s world acts as a cautionary tale for UK politics | Will Hutton

Senior figures in both countries behave as if they are above the law. Enough is enough

Trump was right. His presidency was “fucked” the moment the investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 US presidential election, led by special counsel Robert Mueller, was announced.

It’s tantamount to treasonous to work so closely with the Russian secret services during the campaign, with the Russians plainly hoping a Trump presidency would turn a blind eye to the partition of Ukraine in return. It was tawdry, deploying the promise of pardons, to instruct his aides to “stay strong” in giving their account of what took place. The whole affair stinks – as does the Trump presidency.

Democrat leaders have a constitutional and moral obligation to act against such a president with such a record